Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO

@fumikochino

#RadOnc. Reformed Artist. Cancer Widow. I study #FinancialToxicity #Access #Equity MD Anderson Cancer Center 📲me COI 🐦🪶🕊️ #medSky #oncSky migration

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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· 11d

🚨‼️For residents, fellows, & new attendings who recently moved... Remember to UPDATE your address & REGISTER to vote if you are eligible in your new state. Healthcare is on the ballot & we fail our patients by not participating. Please share. 🗳️🇺🇸✅ www.vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines

A graphic showing that physicians vote less often than other professionals and a cartoon stating that 2/3 of eligible voters don't vote

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· 13d

The Big Show at Lawndale Art Center starts from an open submission call to the Houston community. This curated art show celebrates the diversity of art being created in Texas. One piece below 👇 #weekendsinHouston

A shot from above of an orderly stack of bricks with words printed on them "Move Fast and Break Things"

A closeup of bricks with words printed on them "Move Fast and Break Things"

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· 13d

So vibrant. 🌱 (if I didn't take this myself I would think it was AI) #weekendsInHouston

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· 19d

> 1 in 6 caregivers (parents, partners, children) navigate complex insurance processes to get medical care for their loved ones. Caregiver effort via administrative burden is an uncaptured 👎 effect of #priorAuthorization -another reason to #fixpriorAuth. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Bar graph showing various rates of patient and patient caregiver actions indicating administrative burden from prior authorization

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· 26d

Dr Robin Zon's @ascocancer.bsky.social presidential address focused on translating EBM into better outcomes for pts through meaningful investments in tech, advocacy, & community. 🎙️new #JCOOP podcast feat. former ASCO President on leadership & future vision in oncology ascopubs.org/do/roadmap-a...

JCO ONCOLOGY PRACTICE PODCAST
JUL 20, 2026|
Podcast: A RoadMap to Achieve High Quality Care for All: Walking in Beauty and Strength with Past President Dr. Robin Zon
Dr. Fumiko Chino (Host), Dr. Robin Zon (Guest)
Dr. Chino speaks with ASCO President Dr. Robin Zon about leadership in oncology and what it takes to steer a global oncology society in turbulent times.
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JCO
Oncology Practice
JCO Oncology Practice Podcast
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Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jul 13

Blessed to reach 49 years old and to be doing meaningful work that I love. I know that not everyone gets the opportunity to do either of these things.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jul 12

At the thrift store, I realized that LIVE is EVIL spelled backwards. Anyway, how is everyone's weekend? #weekendsinHouston

A metro shelf with a piece of decor that says "LIVE" but it is backwards so it spells "EVIL"

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jul 9

This Conor Janda joke hits re: access to care, #AYACsm problems, insurance = healthcare, and the unique concerns of #SGM patients. Also it's hilarious. @thankscancer.bsky.social

My boyfriend and l argue about labels.
He wants to call me his "partner,"
but I want to be called his
"Blue Cross Blue Shield dependent."

We've agreed on the term
"partner in crime."
The crime is insurance fraud.

I won't have good health insurance until 1 marry,
so one day, you'll see my big announcement:
that I'm going through chemo,
and you'll think, "Oh my god!
Did he get married?"

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jul 4

4th of July on the Texas coast. Beautiful birds in Matagorda Bay 🪶🐦‍⬛🦅 including a brown eagle, a family of martins, and so many wading birds.

A woman in a colorful dress on a rock overlook with the bay in the background

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jul 3

🩸Only 3% of Americans donate blood yearly despite the constant need —and summer months routinely have shortages. Schedule a donation today! You can help a @mdanderson.bsky.social patient via a directed donation or name them to receive an honorium to their account. www.mdandersonbloodbank.org

A woman in a black and white patterned dress hooked up to an apheresis machine donating platelets

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jul 2

I have such a visceral memory of the concentration it took to place these little stickers perfectly. #ThrowbackThursday

McDonald happy meal from 1982. It is a plastic blue space ship and quite frankly really cool.

The stickers used to decorate the blue space ship.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 28

The Buffalo Bayou Cistern: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Undercurrents #weekendsinHouston

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 25

Revisiting my patient facing talk on #sharedDecisionMaking. 1️⃣ We need to be open about the vast swathes of grey in medicine. 2️⃣ Our knowledge changes over time. 3️⃣ There are rarely durable absolutes. 4️⃣ Patients should be wary of anyone who speaks of cure without compromise.

What we want medical decisions to be: two boxes, one white one black.
What they actually are: a graduation from white to black.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 13

Repotting my seed grown basil. 🌿🌱🪴 #weekendsinHouston #plantFiend

Three small/medium pots (6-8") with green leafy basil on some outside steps with a yellow watering can

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 8

On site at @jama.com HQ for the @jamanetworkopen.com editors meeting. Honored to serve with my fellow oncology editors Drs Larry Shulman and Roisin O'cearbhaill

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 7

This #Superman Fortress of Solitude lucite table is at the Heights Goodwill in Houston if anyone is having a hard time outfitting their man cave and is going for a distinct 70s-80s vibe. #WeekendsinHouston #IYKYK

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 6

The most ridiculous thing about this "BUDGET" game from 1983 is that health and dental insurance only costs $370 (one time purchase) and having it saves you from paying a medical bill of $530. 🏥🚑💸🧾 #financialToxicity

A board game for kids from 1983 with bright colors. It resembles monopoly.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· Jun 2

Heading home from #ASCO26 today! Put two dates for @ascocancer.bsky.social Quality Care Symposium on your calendar: 🚨Abstracts are due in 2 weeks 6/16/2026 📆 #ASCOQLTY26 is Friday-Saturday 10/16-17/2026 See you in Boston! www.asco.org/quality

A woman with glasses and a mask in front of a large sign advertising ASCO ACS with the dates 10/16-10/17

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 30

🎙️ @ascocancer.bsky.social podcasts provide high quality cancer info & discussion in an accessible & enjoyable audio format! Give us a listen if you're not already a subscriber! Proud to be featured #ASCO26 with my fellow hosts ascopubs.org/journal/op/p...

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 29

En route to #ASCO26. This plane is just teeming with @mdanderson.bsky.social faculty 🤩 ready to see, present, and discuss some amazing new oncology science @ascocancer.bsky.social

A woman in a mask and red accessories on a plane

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 27

Great 🧵 here on the new work led by Dr @johnlin08.bsky.social from @mdanderson.bsky.social on when patients should consider direct-to-consumer pharmacies to save money on high out-of-pocket cost #prescriptions. 📄 here: bit.ly/4uZ93Da

Annals of Internal Medicine® Letters
Identifying Meaningful Patient Savings on Generics: Direct-to-Consumer Prices Versus
Commercial Insurance Cost Sharing
A. Frequency of claims with potential savings from MCCPDC vs cost-sharing
potential OOP savings (%)
Claim out-of-pocket cost category
B. OOP costs from MCCPDC vs cost-sharing among claims with potential savings
Claim out-of-pocket cost category
. Relative savings from MCPDC vs cost-sharin mong claims with potential saving
Claim out-of-pocket cost category
Figure. Frequency and extent of OOP savings if prescriptions were obtained via direct cash purchase from the MCPDC versus through insurance cost sharing

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 24

Visiting my parents in the Rio Grand Valley for my mom's 83rd birthday. 🎂 learning more about her high school class. Fun fact: Nettie Lee Roth High School was later renamed Thurgood Marshall after petition by the students. 📚👩🏽‍🏫 #RGV #DaytonOhio #weekendsNotinHouston

Photocopy of a graduating class of 1961 of Nettie Lee Roth high school

A close up of graduation head shots with the authors mother Irene Gordon in the middle

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 20

💀 🌺 😍

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 19

New podcast 🚨 @ascocancer.bsky.social Cancer is the leading cause of death in US prisons. Despite known gaps in screening, access, & quality care in the carceral system, few studies have evaluated how cancer care is delivered in prison. ascopubs.org/do/improving-cancer-care-patients-carceral-system

JCO ONCOLOGY PRACTICE PODCAST
MAY 18, 2026
Podcast: Improving Cancer Care for Patients in the Carceral System
Dr. Fumiko Chino (Host), Dr. Christopher Manz (Guest)

Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Christopher Manz, a medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to discuss new research highlighting care gaps for those receiving care while in prison. Dr. Manz investigates cancer care delivery and payment policy and how they contribute to disparities in cancer outcomes, and is the first author of the manuscript, "Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment for Vulnerable Patients Incarcerated in United States Prisons" which is featured in
JCO OP's May print issue.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 19

Long weekend in Chicago with the mister. #WeekendsNotInHouston River architecture tour, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. 💃🏻 🐶 🛥️ 🏙️ 🖼️☁️

A protest poster with the text: EL PERREO INTENSO ACABA DE COMENZAR
A reference to the PR protest movement involving reggaeton dance music centered on ousting a sexist and homophobic politician.

Two people on a boat tour with the Chicago sky line behind them

A man standing next to a beautiful, large Georgia okeefe paining of clouds

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 17

It was an honor to present at the Rush Cancer @mdanderson.bsky.social #breastcancer symposium in Chicago today with my brilliant #bcsm colleagues Drs Chelain Goodman & Azadeh Nasrazadani. So lucky to work with such incredible women in oncology.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 11

Did simple crafty things this weekend and felt good. ✅✅✅ #weekendsinHouston

4 completed coasters -they are bright colored fruit and super cute

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 8

It was a delight to be on Varian-Siemen's beautiful Palo Alto campus for our Speed of Light the @astro-org.bsky.social Foundation board meeting. Our vision: A world where every person has access to the best #radiation therapy to live a longer, healthier life. ☢️🌅

9 people standing in a sunlight dappled outdoor space in California

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 6

Passive income streams not enough for Ellie. She's waiting for her time with the orange cat single brain cell before she auditions.

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO@fumikochino· May 4

Walking in Hermann Park and biking in Buffalo Bayou Park on a beautiful spring weekend. #weekendsinHouston